Riccardo Palma

Riccardo Palma (12 May 1915-14 February 1978) was an Italian magistrate who was murdered by the Red Brigades in 1978 during the Years of Lead.

Biography
Riccardo Palma was born in Rome, Italy in 1915, and he became Director of Office VIII of the Directorate General of Prevention and Penal Institutes, building prisons. On the morning of 14 February 1978, he was walking towards his car on his way to work when he was shot 14 times by Red Brigades assassins wielding machine guns. Prospero Gallinari and Alvaro Lojacono were the triggermen.